How Sweden Transformed into a Wealthy Capitalist Economy After Socialist Policies and High Taxes Failed

Johan Norberg’s new documentary, ‘Sweden: Lessons for America’, should be required for Democratic Socialists in America because it describes the high taxes and social problems that faced Sweden in the 1970s and 80s during the socialist experiment. Although socialism is the word commonly used to describe the system in Sweden during those years, it is the wrong word. The government never owned the means of production. Instead it regulated production and consumption and heavily taxed the people – which is the model of fascism. Nevertheless, Sweden reversed course and adopted free-market capitalism in the 1990s by reforming pensions, education, healthcare, and taxes. Even utilities were deregulated. Norberg says that, if America wanted to follow Sweden’s successful turnaround, the US would need to adopt free trade, deregulate more markets, reform Social Security, lower corporate taxes, remove all taxes on property and inheritance, and switch to private-school vouchers. [Marxists will never agree to that, even if they thought it would be good for the economy because, to them, control over the people is more important than prosperity.] -GEG

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bman

Ummm … isn’t Sweden, as a nation, pretty much a piece of crap at the moment? Since they abandoned their principles and returned to socialism I mean. Maybe this guy should direct his advice a little closer to home.

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G. Edward Griffin is a writer and documentary film producer with many successful titles to his credit. Listed in Who’s Who in America, he is well known because of his talent for researching difficult topics and presenting them in clear terms that all can understand.